Tuesday, June 27, 2006 Looking Back is a regular feature of the Modoc Record, a weekly newspaper, published in Alturas, California. The following is transcribed from the June 23, 2006 issue. Looking Back Looking Back 92 Years Ago – 1914 GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENTS by the county board of education included the following : Red Sler, Edgar Potter; Hopewell – earnest Archer; Chace – Victor Cantrall, Gene Cantrall; Jess Valley- Laurence Cantrall, Warren Cantrall; South Fork – Anthony McGarva; Clover Swale – Amidol Kelley, Mary Kelley, Ellis Locy; Eagleville – Mable Dorton, Ethel Powers, William Brown, Leslie Thayer, Harold Powers; Mount Bidwell – Phyllis Peterson, Harry Schadler, Aaron Smith, Hazel Dronbrey, Grace Maupin, Oliver Crist, Clara Sweeney, Selma Santiago, Marion Monroe; Adin – Frank Harbert, Mabel Hess, Fern Harbert, Hattie Hickerson, Irene Harris, Henry Harvey;, John Van Roper; Big Valley – Rosa Caska; Modoc – Alda Kaper;; Arlington – Eleanor Caldwell; Little Valley – Renova Heryford; Nevada – Kirk Williams, Maude Wolfe; Davis Creek – Mary Longwell, Clora Easton; S. Davis Creek – Ross Anderson, Anita Garret, William Phillips; Washington – LESLIE Dusta, Della Hobbs; LAKE City – Clifton Howard, Gerald Wilson. 72 Years Ago – 1934 IT HAS been 50 years since rains as heavy as those that fell on Alturas have been deposited. This is good because it has been more than 50 years since a drought as bad as ours has visited the Alturas area…. The Alturas Tigers finally won a baseball game this season when they defeated Willow Ranch, 7-5 Sunday Alturas players this year: Don Rachford, Milan Briles, Dallas Dodge, Dud McGrath, Harry Flournoy, John Flournoy, Stan Decious, Pete Blurton and Charles Crowder. Vern Renshaw is manager…. New Chevrolet prices have been drastically reduced in Alturas, George Pierce announced. 52 Years Ago – 1954 THE TUESDAY election saw Paul Baker reclaim his District Attorney job over Charles Lederer, Milicent Dubois over Bert Wardwell for County clerk Merville Archer over Bob Nelson for Auditor-Recorder, and Katie Doolittle won by a 2-1 margin over Elmer Harris for Justice of the Peace. The four-way race for Surprise Valley Supervisor saw John Laxague and Paul Robison emerge to face each other in November. 32 Years Ago – 1974 MASONIC DEDICATION and cornerstone ceremonies will include official dedication ceremonies of the new Modoc High School Griswold Gymnasium in Alturas Sunday. The unified school district has made a blanket invitation to anyone who cares to join them for a luncheon in the MHS social hall prior to the ceremony…. The 26th Junior Livestock show will be dedicated to Rotary founder, John Cummings…. Modoc voters turned out 75 percent strong Tuesday for the June primary election to give near landslide votes to Guy Martin Young for Superior Court Judge and Margaret “Peggy” Jones for Auditor-Recorder…. Worshipful Master William W. Minto, whose grandfather. Robert W. Minto was the first master o Surprise Valley Lodge No. 235 free and Accepted Masons, Will lead the group in a centennial program Saturday in Cedarville. There are far too many named in this article for me to give you a rundown on all that I knew. Don Rachford and Harry Flournoy were two of the best athletes that Modoc produced. I worked with Don in the Box Factory. Guy Martin Young lived adjacent to us. I did baby sit him on several different occasions. I went into the army prior to his going to high school and I have not seen him in over 63 years. Paul Baker was another neighbor and we were very good friends after the war. Peggy Jones worked in our Title Insurance office. Milicent Dubois was the mother of one of my childhood school companions; Lavera McDaniel’s is her married name. She lives in Oregon and we are still communicating with each other. She too became an educator in Oregon and was once elected Woman of the Year in a community just outside of Portland Oregon. A Modoc success story. See you all again next week I do hope. Ron Morgan